The Dedicated Few

Here is an email I received a couple of days ago. Audra gave me permission to us her email. She is one of our kettlebell queens at Pro Performance. She is part of our kettlebell camp that meets 3 times per week and trains for 45 minutes per session. Audra, has made great strength gains and fantastic body composition changes. As you can tell by her email, she has a goal in mind. I have included my response to her email as well. Take time to read this. It's extremely motivational. Remember, NO EXCUSES! JUST RESULTS! Train hard and smart and God Bless!

Scott,

I just finished reading your BodyByProPerformance Blog and it really was inspiring. So you're an awesome trainer, but who knew you were such a gifted wordsmith too! I'm really am thankful I finally discovered Pro Performance as I've gotten better results with you than all my years of gym memberships and working out on my own. You definitely practice what you preach and your clients are the beneficiaries of that for sure.

OK, so I'm ready to buy into this whole cardio crap theory you've got going. Lord knows I can do without running endless miles on my treadmill if it isn't contributing to my goal of becoming leaner, but admittedly, old habits are hard to break! So if straight cardio is out, what should I be doing instead when not with you doing kettlebells? Are cardio exercises such as Spinning classes, the Stairmasochist - I mean Stairmaster, and power pace running for short time on the treadmill effective? What's the ultimate exercise routine I should be following on the days I'm not doing kettlebells?

I really want to bring my fitness to the next level. I've hit a plateau and want to break through and add more lean muscle to my frame and get stronger. I want to do better and challenge myself further (as far as my genetic blueprint will take me anyway).

Audra


My Response:

OK, Here is the skinny! Bad choice of words. Here it is lean and mean! You need to do interval workouts on your off days, Tuesday and Thursday. You want to energy system train. Ask yourself this. Of all the athletes, who are leanest and most athletic looking? Track sprinters. They work the ATP/PC energy system plus some of the lactate system. So why not train like them. How do you do it? Short intervals with various apparatus. Short bursts, 15-30 sec. with a 1/3 work rest ratio. There you have it. Plain and simple. We'll talk more tomorrow. NO EXCUSES! JUST RESULTS!

Scott